Selecting Multiple Files
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Selecting Multiple Files

You sometimes want to delete, copy or move a number of files that are similar in some way. For example you may wish to move all of the .png graphics files from one folder to another. Konqueror makes this easy by letting you select multiple files based on similarities in their file names.

Use the Menubar Edit->Selection->Select... item or the shortcut Ctrl++. This brings up a little dialog box in which you enter a filename containing the wildcard characters *, which matches any number of characters, and ? which matches a single character. Press OK and Konqueror will highlight all files with matching names. For example;

When you have selected a range of files, you can narrow down the selection by uing the Menubar Edit->Unselect... option or Ctrl+- to specify which of the selected files should be removed from the selection.

Use Ctrl+U or the Menubar Edit->Unselect All option or just left mouse button click on a clear area of the view to cancel the selection.

You can even invert the selection: that is, deselect all selected files and select those that were previously unselected. Use the Menubar Edit->Invert Selection option or Ctrl+* to do this.

You can also select multiple files and folders by holding the Ctrl button while you click on each individual file or folder. This enables you to then move or copy multiple files and folders to a different location at one time by using the same method above.

A number of useful shortcut keys can be used in list, tree and text view modes:

Space

Toggle the current selection.

Insert

Toggle the current selection and move down to the next item.

Ctrl+Up Arrow, Ctrl+Down Arrow, Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+End, Ctrl+Page Up, Ctrl+Page Down

Move the selection, toggling the selection of everything on the way.

Shift+Up Arrow, Shift+Down Arrow, Shift+Home, Shift+End, Shift+Page Up, Shift+Page Down

Deselect everything, then move the selection, selecting everything on the way.

Once you have selected the right files then the normal delete, copy or move commands will act on all of the selected files at once.

Note

Depending on your keyboard type and locale, you may find that the Ctrl++, Ctrl+- and Ctrl+* shortcuts only work with the Numeric keypad +, - and * keys.

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